Counter for stores



1937- R T.. VON PALMENBERG 3 COUNTER FOR STORES Filed Jan. 22, 1936 Patented Aug. 24, 1937 UNITED STATES 2 Claims.

This invention rela.tes to an improvement in counters such as are used in stores for the display of goods for sale.

This invention more particularly applies to 5 counters of the type adapted for adjustable division into sections r bins for the display of varieties of sma1l articles, such, for example, as are Sold in the 5 and cent stores.

The improvement in acco-rdance With this in- 10 Vention comprises a, combination 0f elements and. variously sub-combinations by virtue of which a munter is provided which has great flexibility for various arrangement to adapt it to contain and. display a. Wide diversity o=f a1- ticles and, at the same time, permitting portions or sections 120 be dressed. at a, point remote from the point of display and to be utilized in substitution for portiens or sections a1; the point of display Without disarrangement of articles displayed in o1 on adjacent sections, in or on sections substituted for, or in er 0n sections dressed at a remote point and used for Substitution.

Having now indicatecl in a, general way the nature, purpose and advantage cf this invention,

I will proceed 1:0 a, detailed description of a preferrec1 embodiment thereof with reference t0 i the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, of a counter embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a. sectional view showing details of the embodiment of this invention shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspetive view of an elevation of the construction shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The counter in accordance With this invention comprises in detail a, base a supported in any suitable manner, not shown, from Ehe fioor of a building, as a, store. The base a may be supported, for example, on legs, not shown. The 40 base is provided. with a. Vertically extending back y.

Upon the base a rest shams comprising side members b, b and a top c. The shams extend. from the baek y 150 the front of the base. The

45 holes d, d are provided. in the top members.- c along thei1 side edges for the reeeption of a support formed, for example, of meta1 and. comprising a, pin member e and spaced wing mem bers f f adapted to receive the eo'ige portion of 50 a sheet of glass g. Supports may be positioned in the holes d, d at desired points for the support of sheets 0f glass, g, g, in positions to divide a sham or a. plurality of acljaent shams longitudinally into a. plurality of compartments 01 55 bins.

The side members b of the shams are pro- Vided adjacent their opposite ends With supports x formed, for exarnple, 0f metal und generally U-shaped. The supports an are secured t0 Ehe outer surface of the members b by means 0f nails or screws, and are adapted for the reception of the lovver edge of a sheet of glass h Whereby the sheet is supported to extend vertically above and longitudinally With respect to the top c.

The members b of the shams are provided. With recesses z, z in their outer surfaces corresponding in location and size to the supports x secured 130 the outer surfaces of the members b.

Referring now more particularly to Figure 1, 1't Will be noted that when a pair of shams are arranged together to form a, counter having the Width 01 two shams, ehe supports a: carried by the member b of one 0f the shams are received. in the recesses z in ehe adjacent member b of the adjacent sham, thus permitting the two Shams t0 form a continuous surface. The supports m on the opposite members b of the shams, respective1y, then serve 130 support sheets of glass h, h, Whi0h serve to define between them a bin, the back of which 1's defined by the back y of the base a. The bin defined by the sheets of glass h is dividecl transversely into a. p1ur2'zlity 0f bins defined by sheets 02 glass y 9' supported by means of supports, the pin members e, e 0f Wh1'ch are entered into selected ho1es d d in the tops c 0f the shams.

It will be observed that the bin defined by the sheets of g1ass h, h may be divided by the support of a sheet 0f glass, from supports x between the shams c, c 011 separating the shams sufiiciently 130 remove the supports so from Ehe recesses i two bins so defined would, as desired, be divided longitudinally by the use of sheets of glass of suitable length in place of the sheets of glass g, g and suitable supports therefor.

As will be observed, bins of various sizes trans verselyand longitudinally may be formed 011 base a by the arrangement of shams anal of longitudinally and transversely extending glass sheets supported, respectively, from supports :c carried by the members b of the shams, and from supports the pin members e of which are inserted in selected hohes d in the shams.

Further, it Will be observed that shams involved in the formation of bins, as described, may be withdrawn 0r removed from the base a without disturbance of articles carried therein, since the respect to the shams a.nd will prevent the loss or dropping oft of articles therefrom. Likewise, shams may be dressed at a remote point and may be used to replace shams on the base a, without disturbance of articles thereon.

It Will be unclerstood that this invention is capable of Wide variation in detail without departure from the scope thereof and that I du not contemplate limitation thereof 110 the details given above.

What I c1aim and desire 130 protect by Letters Patent is:

l. A sham, a plurality of which are adapted 130 be used in constructing a store counter, comprising a p.air of side members, a top and. a support adapted 130 receive a vertically extending member secured to the outer surface of one of said side members, said. other side member having a. recess formed in its outer face in 1ine with said support 20 011 the first named side member, the recess being of a size to receive the support secured to the side member of an acljacent sham when a plurality of the shams are assembled and so permit the side members of adjacent shams t0- be placed in close contact with one another.

2. A sham, a plurmlity o1 which are adapted to be used in constructing a store counter, comprising a, pair of side members, a, top and a U-shaped c1ip adapted to receive and support a vertically extending member secured to the outer surface of one of said side members, said other side member having a recess formed in its outer face in line With said. clip on the first named side member, the recess being' of a size to receive the clip secured to the side member of an adjacent sham when the plurality of the shams are assembled and so permit the side members 0f adjacent shams to be placed in close contact With one another.

RAYMOND T. von PALMENBERG. 

